Marshfield home invasion began with a phone call, police say

It was a little after 9:30 p.m. when Paul Perelli got a call from Eddy Monteiro of Brockton, Perelli told police. Monteiro, whom Perelli knew as “Junior Breeze,” said he wanted to drive over to Marshfield and pay Perelli $150 he owed.

It was a little after 9:30 p.m. when Paul Perelli got a call from Eddy Monteiro of Brockton, Perelli told police.

Monteiro, whom Perelli knew as “Junior Breeze,” said he wanted to drive over to Marshfield and pay Perelli $150 he owed.

A Marshfield police detective’s report says Perelli told Monteiro that would be fine. Around 11 p.m. Tuesday, a car pulled up outside 105 Acorn St. in Marshfield, where Perelli lives. Upstairs in the rambling two-floor house, Monteiro smoked some marijuana with Perelli and two of Perelli’s friends, police said.

Within a half hour, the police report says, Perelli and his two friends were on the floor, their hands bound with zip ties. One of the friends was badly injured from a pistol whipping by one of two unknown men who showed up unannounced soon after Monteiro arrived and fled with Monteiro.

Soon after Perelli called 911 at 11:40 p.m,, police arrived and found the apparent reason for the violent visit – an elaborate indoor marijuana-growing operation, complete with hydroponic tanks for growing plants in water using mineral nutrient in solution but no soil.

That discovery turned one case into two.

Monteiro, 20, of 24 Waverly St. in Brockton, was arrested and arraigned Wednesday in Plymouth District Court. He is being held on $100,000 bail on 10 charges including home invasion with a firearm and three counts of armed assault in a dwelling. He’ll return to court Feb. 25 for a probable cause hearing.

Marshfield and Brockton police are searching for the other two men who arrived after Monteiro.

Perelli’s friend Michael Capps was struck by one of those men, not by Monteiro, but all three will face the same charges because they were present at the scene, police said.

Capps was flown by helicopter to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston with head and face injuries that Marshfield Police Chief Phillip Tavares described as “severe.” Perelli and Stephen Burton, the third person at the house when Monteiro arrived, weren’t injured.

Tavares said at least one of the three men attacked at 105 Acorn St. will be charged in connection with the alleged pot operation.

Tavares said police seized 2 pounds of marijuana and “several thousand dollars in cash” at the house. He said the house wasn’t known as a suspected drug site – but the police report filed with the criminal complaint against Monteiro suggests that the alleged attackers did.

In the report, Perelli is quoted as saying he, Capps and Burton were bound and lying on the floor when one of the two unidentified assailants grabbed a bag of marijuana from the counter and said, “Is this all you have?”

With Perelli’s ID of Monteiro, police arrested him about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday in Brockton, where he lives with his parents and brothers and sisters. His family attended his arraignment but had no comment afterward.

Page 2 of 2 - Monteiro has had other charges in Brockton. In October 2010, four months after he graduated from Brockton High School, he and another man were charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and threatening to commit a crime. Those charges were dismissed.

Monteiro still faces charges from August 2012 in Brockton for disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and interfering with a police officer. He is due in court on those charges Feb. 25 as well.

Monteiro’s attorney, David Sorrenti, said Monteiro wouldn’t have been involved in the alleged assault because Perelli could identify him. But Plymouth County prosecutor Josh Gedraitis said Monteiro is “a dangerous person to the community at large.”

Gedraitis asked for $250,000 bail, but District Court Judge Brian Gilligan set it at $100,000.

Lane Lambert can be reached at llambert@ledger.com Enterprise staff reporter Justin Graeber contributed to this report.